Job Hunting

Benjamin Franklin

There are numerous aspiring candidates who are in search of an accounting job in the present employment market. However, to compete against other potential candidates and to highlight your skills, you need to have a perfect résumé. These days, it is easy to find an online sample accounting résumé or a cover letter. Although the internet is an amazing resource to find a sample résumé, you may not find a perfect one to follow. So here are few tips for you if you are looking forward to learn the steps of creating a winning résumé in the accounting field.

Classifying the Accounting Skills: Accounting is a vast field that comprises of a number of subjects. A stude

Ge more info…

The Yelp Factor: Are Consumer Reviews Good for Business?

In a new study, Assistant Professor Michael Luca shows just how much restaurant reviews on Yelp affect companies’ bottom lines. The more difficult question: Are these ratings reliable as a measure of product quality? Key concepts include:

Creating Online Ads We Want to Watch

The mere fact that an online video advertisement reaches a viewer’s computer screen does not guarantee that the ad actually reaches the viewer. New experimental research by Thales S.

Ge more info…

In college on your own, trying to figure out midterms, finals, spring break, dealing with roommates, meal plans, rushes, finding time to party, etc. Its a delicate balance. At some point (hopefully after 4 years unless you are on the 5 year plan) it will all come to an end and you will need to find a job. Four years sounds like a really long time, but trust me, it will all be over before you know it. The last thing you need when you graduate, as you try to assimilate back to your parents house, is to linger on the unemployed line. College grads are finding it more difficult than ever to find jobs in their chosen field, and many have to resort to jobs that were traditionally filed by those without a college degree.

Ge more info…

In recent years, business schools and investors alike have been paying more attention to social entrepreneurs, those who create ventures with the primary goal of achieving positive social change.

But most people encounter the field only through its most prominent casestypically visionaries who have built national or global organizations that have achieved social impact.

This focus on success stories has led to a skewed view of social entrepreneurship as nothing more or less than a field of huge, realized dreams.

“A big weakness of the existing qualitative studies is that they’re very biased toward heroic entrepreneurs.”

“A big weakness of the existing qualitative studies is that they’re very biased toward heroic entrepreneurs,” says Matthew Lee, a doctoral candidate at Harvard Business School whose research focuses on social enterprises.

Ge more info…

Traditional means used to discover and obtain new employment opportunities:

• Personal networking
• Re-training and/or upgrading skills.
• Relocation to a region, state, or country with a growing economy; or in need of a particular skilled labor force.
• Search online job boards
• Post resumes on career web sites
• Search corporate web sites for job listings
• Review local newspapers or classifieds
• Contact Headhunters and placement agencies
• Attend on-site career fairs
• Participate in online newsgroups and chat forums
• Contact the desired employer directly.

A hard look at common job search methods will expose many of the reasons why job seekers are not getting the results they desire.

Fact # 1: 10% or less of all hires are filled through job boards, classified advertisements, corporate sites, or job fairs

.

Ge more info…